'Oil and Energy'
Center for Policy Alternatives
The Center for Policy Alternatives accurately describes itself as:
…the nation’s only nonpartisan nonprofit organization working to strengthen the capacity of state legislators to lead and achieve progressive change.
The CPA website has a number of extremely useful elements on it. For example, the State Action Blog contains a running commentary about recent progressive legislation enacted [...]
Forum on Two Important Ballot Initiatives
Alaska Common GroundPresents a Public ForumWhat You Should Know About the TwoNovember Ballot Initiatives
Wednesday, October 25th, 20067-9:30pmWilda Marston Theater at the Loussac Library3600 Denali St, Anchorage
Ballot Measure 1:
90-DAY SESSION LIMIT FOR LEGISLATUREThis initiative would reduce the maximum length of a regularlegislative session from 121 days to 90 days.Speakers: Rep. Jay Ramras, sponsor of 90-Day Session [...]
15 Years Ignoring Pipeline Corrosion
I would like to bring to your attention a fascinating piece of research conducted by Senator Hollis French. He asked the question, “Is pipeline corrosion really the new and unexpenced issue that British Petroleum is claiming to the Alaskan Public?” His off-the-cuff research indicates that the largely unaddressed problem goes back at least 15 years. [...]
Gavel To Gavel Alaska
This blog entry comes to you direct from the Grand Aleutian Hotel in Unalaska, where I am currently on vacation with my wife, Christy. We arrived yesterday after a fabulous three and one-half day ferry ride down the Chain. We are celebrating my 60th birthday. But I digress…
Gavel to Gavel Alaska is [...]
Croft’s E-News Gasline Update
Issue number six of Eric Croft’s excellent E-News Gasline Update was released recently. It includes a fascinating historical discussion about The Stranded Gas Act, and a systematic critique of the Governor’s position on the issue. Here is the conclusion from the most recent issue of Croft’s newsletter…
Comments on the Proposed Gas Pipeline Fiscal Contract
I reprint here with permission some particularly insightful, well informed comments submitted as public testimony at hearings on the gas pipeline fiscal contract. The comments were written by Eric Larson, a local, well respected economist.
The fiscal certainty clause in Article 11, section 1 of the proposed fiscal contract raises two important Constitutional [...]
Consultant Has Concerns With Gasline Contract
I am unabashedly reproducing here an information release from the office of Rep. Les Gara because it factually reports on the conclusions of a consultant hired by the Legislature re the Governor’s proposed pipeline contract. Just one more red flag on this issue which seems headed down the path of being railroaded through [...]
Inexcusable Trustfulness
Senator Kim Elton writes an excellent newsletter. Every now and then, however, it is particularly revealing, and particularly relevant to a critical public policy issue in Alaska. Such was the case with his recently released “off the record” #242…
The gas pipeline deal… Is it a case of “inexcusable trustfulness”?
The gas pipeline [...]